Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.
JEFF BEZOZWhat we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.
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E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.
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The pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach.
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You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world.
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The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology.
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Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.
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We are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
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We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.
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I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.
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The Net is pretty cool, but the physical world is the best medium ever.
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One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.
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Everything you are comes from your choices.
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If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
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A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
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